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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

3 New Laws for Virginia Employers Went Into Effect on July 1: Are You Prepared?

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

July 1 marked the effective date for three new laws that will create new rights for workers and new obligations for employers in Virginia: - Expansion of Non-Compete Ban – Virginia employers are now prohibited from...more

Changes to Virginia’s Noncompete Statute

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/13/2025

Effective July 1, new legislation will take effect in Virginia imposing further restrictions on the use of covenants not to compete and prohibiting their use for employees who are eligible to receive overtime pay under the...more

New Amendment Further Restricts Non-Competes in Virginia

Williams Mullen on 4/29/2025

Beginning on July 1, 2025, Virginia’s existing non-compete statute, Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:8, will be expanded to prohibit post-employment non-compete agreements and certain non-solicitation covenants with any non-exempt...more

More States Narrow the Use of Restrictive Covenants: Updates from Virginia, Arkansas, and Wyoming

Saul Ewing LLP on 4/14/2025

Continuing a nationwide trend, three states recently enacted new legislation further restricting the enforceability of non-compete provisions in employment agreements. Starting in July, these new regulations are set to take...more

Employment Flash - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/26/2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at a series of recent NLRB decisions, many of which apply to all employers, not just those with unionized employees. We also discuss other U.S. federal and state labor and...more

Part 23 of “The Restricting Covenant” Series: Legislative Limitations

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/5/2019

This latest installment of The Restricting Covenant series highlights the significant changes coming to Washington State regarding non-compete agreements (it’s a game changer), as well as similar legislation (passed and...more

Noncompetes with Massachusetts Employees: Subsidizing a Former Employee’s “Garden Leave”

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 5/24/2019

Effective October 1, 2018, employers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other states seeking to hold Massachusetts employees to noncompete agreements must meet the requirements of a new law passed by the Massachusetts...more

Employers Face Hurdles in Enforcing Non-Competes Against Lower-Wage Workers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/7/2019

Employers requiring lower-wage employees to sign and abide by non-competition and non-solicitation of clients provisions may want to find another mechanism to protect business goodwill and confidential information. Courts...more

Proposed Federal Non-Compete Legislation Could Have Unintended Consequences

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/28/2019

Last week, Florida Senator Marco Rubio introduced the “Freedom to Compete Act” (the “Act”) proposing to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 to ban non-competes for most non-exempt workers. ...more

Thorny Questions, Issues Emerging as Noncompete Act Takes Hold

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 11/6/2018

Nutter Partner David Rubin recently contributed an article to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly that analyzed the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act. In the article, “Thorny Questions, Issues Emerging as Noncompete Act...more

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